[smufl-discuss] Re: What will constitute an SMuFL-compliant font?

[dspreadbury]

Urs wrote:

> ...of course "SmuFL-compliant" fonts don't have
> to include all the symbols SMuFL defines.

Yes, exactly.

> As I see it
> "SMuFL-compliant" is a guarantee that everything that _is_ part of the
> font does comply to the specification. That is if the font contains a
> certain set of glyphs all SMuFL-compliant _applications_ will be able to

> find them at the expected locations and can make use of the metadata.

Correct. To be SMuFL-compliant, a font should conform to the
recommendations for glyph registration and font metrics, should encode
symbols at the locations that SMuFL specifies for recommended glyphs, and
should preferably be distributed with JSON metadata of the format defined
in the SMuFL specification to help consuming applications understand the
font as fully as possible.

> > So (at last my question) will there be specific subsets of code points
> > defined, so that if a font contains the whole of a subset, it might be
> > officially labelled as containing symbols for "plainchant",  "Sacred
> > Harp", "common practice period",  "20th century popular music", and so
on?
>
> Interesting question/suggestion. But probably not identical to the issue

> of "SMuFL-compliant".

I'm not sure whether this would be a practical thing to achieve, given
that (as David said originally) composers tend to be an awkward bunch and
mix and match symbols freely as they see fit.

Daniel

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